Darters, Dannys, jigs, bombers, redfins, bottles, needlefish, pencil poppers, spooks, etc... There is no one thing to say is best as they all have their time and place. Kind of an open-ended question.
"Out there in the surf is where it's at, that's where the line gets drawn in the sand between those who talk fishing and those who live it."
- a wise man.